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Explanation of Parameters


     20 APR 2009  (110)

     ot  = 07:22:42.17   +/-   0.35              RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN           
     lat =      27.072   +/-    7.0
     lon =     129.749   +/-    6.9              MAGNITUDE 5.3 (GS)       
     dep =        40.0  (assigned)    

     230 km (145 miles) ENE of Naha, Okinawa, Japan
     510 km (315 miles) S of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
     565 km (350 miles) SSW of Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
     1350 km (840 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan

     nph =   63 of  70    se = 1.58    FE=238                            A   

     error ellipse = (136.6,  0.0, 10.8; 46.6,  0.0,  7.0;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.3 ( 45)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.8 (  8)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 NACB ePn     07:24:32.03  -2.6    7.9 250 L:9.0-2 3.4 4.3X g:2.0-2 1.0 3.1  NACB
      eSn     07:26:01.33  S res =  -1.5X
 TATO ePb     07:24:33.39   1.4    7.7 256 L:3.2-1 3.0 4.8X g:5.0-2 1.3 3.4  TATO
 YHNB ePn     07:24:34.15  -0.6    7.9 254 d:1.3+2     6.4X L:3.3-1 .70 4.9X YHNB
                                           g:2.4-1 .85 4.3  b:2.0+2 .70 6.2X
 YULB ePn     07:24:39.11  -3.4    8.5 246 d:8.5+1     6.3X L:9.7-2 .60 4.5X YULB
      eSn     07:26:15.47  S res =  -1.6X  g:5.5-2 .80 3.7  b:5.3+1 .60 5.8X
 SSLB ePn     07:24:40.20  -3.9    8.6 250 L:6.0-2 2.9 4.3X g:2.0-2 1.0 3.2  SSLB
      eSn     07:26:17.32  S res =  -2.5X
 TWG  ePn     07:24:45.69  -3.1    8.9 244 d:9.3+0     4.5X L:3.4-1 .55 5.1X TWG 
      eSn     07:26:28.52  S res =   0.3X  g:2.1-1 .70 4.4  b:1.8+2 .55 6.4X
 TPUB ePn     07:24:49.70  -0.9    9.1 248                                   TPUB
 ERM  P       07:26:54.58  -0.5   18.5  33 g:3.3-2 1.1 3.9  b:2.0+1 .85 4.3  ERM 
 KKM  eP      07:28:00.75   2.2   24.6 214 b:1.4+2 1.4 5.3                   KKM 
 ULN  eP      07:28:21.47  -1.6   27.3 325                                   ULN 
 CHTO eP      07:28:44.48   1.9   29.5 260 b:5.5+1 1.0 5.2                   CHTO
 CM31 P       07:28:47.87   4.1X  29.6 260 g:4.4-2 1.1 4.3  b:4.8+0 .35 4.6  CM31
 KSM  P       07:29:02.96   2.0   31.6 219 b:1.5+1 .95 4.8                   KSM 
 KULM eP      07:29:35.05   2.5   35.2 237 b:8.2+1 1.3 5.5                   KULM
 IPM  eP      07:29:36.52   2.3   35.4 236 b:8.5+1 1.3 5.5                   IPM 
 UGM  eP      07:30:10.41   1.7   39.5 211                                   UGM 
 MK31 e       07:30:28.57  -0.9   42.0 311                                   MK31
 ZAA0 e       07:30:31.52  -1.2   42.4 322                                   ZAA0
 COEN eP      07:30:36.07  -0.2   42.8 161 b:5.8+2 1.7 6.0                   COEN
 KURK eP      07:30:53.58  -1.2   45.2 316 b:2.2+1 .90 5.0                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      07:31:05.00   0.7   46.3 305                                   TKM2
 WRAB P       07:31:08.02  -1.1   46.9 174 b:2.8+1 1.1 5.1                   WRAB
 AAK  P       07:31:13.07   2.5   47.1 304 b:2.7+1 .95 5.2                   AAK 
 EKS2 eP      07:31:21.80   7.2X  47.6 304 b:3.6+0 .90 4.4                   EKS2
 MBWA eP      07:31:24.72   0.4   48.9 192 b:4.2+1 1.1 5.4                   MBWA
 CTAO eP      07:31:28.53  -0.6   49.5 159 b:3.7+1 .90 5.4                   CTAO
 KKAR eP      07:31:34.00   1.1   50.0 305                                   KKAR
 BRVK eP      07:31:36.59  -0.5   50.6 318 b:3.9+1 .90 5.4                   BRVK
 AS31 P       07:31:37.02  -0.1   50.6 175                                   AS31
 GAMB P       07:31:45.00  -4.0X  52.2  29 b:3.6+1 1.3 5.2                   GAMB
 KBL  eP      07:31:49.53   1.6   52.0 294 b:2.1+2 1.6 5.9                   KBL 
 TNA  P       07:32:04.56   0.7   54.3  27 b:5.6+1 1.1 5.5                   TNA 
 ABKAReP      07:32:24.40   0.2   57.1 313                                   ABKA
 FORT P       07:32:27.85   0.2   57.5 182 b:2.6+1 .80 5.3                   FORT
 STKA eP      07:32:42.35  -0.3   59.7 168                                   STKA
 BBOO eP      07:32:43.27  -0.4   59.9 174                                   BBOO
 KDAK P       07:32:50.00  -1.5   61.0  37 b:6.0+1 1.2 5.6                   KDAK
 PPLA P       07:32:50.22  -0.3   60.9  31 b:1.1+2 1.5 5.7                   PPLA
 SPU  eP      07:32:50.65  -0.9   61.0  33                                   SPU 
 NWAO P       07:32:50.89   0.5   60.8 192 b:4.4+1 1.3 5.4                   NWAO
 RSO  eP      07:32:51.11   1.4   60.7  34                                   RSO 
 COLD P       07:32:53.86  -0.8   61.5  26 b:7.4+1 2.0 5.5                   COLD
 TRF  P       07:32:54.44  -1.7   61.7  30 b:3.5+1 1.4 5.3                   TRF 
 MCK  P       07:32:58.66  -1.2   62.3  30 b:6.4+1 1.1 5.6                   MCK 
 PMR  e       07:32:58.87  -1.7   62.4  32 b:3.1+1 1.2 5.3                   PMR 
 COLA P       07:33:01.14  -1.0   62.6  28 b:1.4+1 1.0 5.0                   COLA
 SML  e       07:33:02.04  -1.0   62.7  32 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.8                   SML 
 SEW  P       07:33:02.46   1.8   62.4  34 b:4.8+1 1.0 5.6                   SEW 
 PAX  e       07:33:09.76  -1.0   63.9  30 b:2.3+1 1.0 5.2                   PAX 
 DIV  P       07:33:11.52  -0.3   64.1  32 b:5.0+1 1.1 5.5                   DIV 
 BMRM e       07:33:14.86  -0.7   64.6  33 b:7.0+1 1.1 5.6                   BMRM
 MENT e       07:33:15.17  -0.8   64.7  30                                   MENT
 MSVF P       07:33:16.05  -0.1   64.6 128 b:3.4+1 1.2 5.3                   MSVF
 EGAK P       07:33:19.22  -1.6   65.5  28 b:7.4+0 .75 4.8                   EGAK
 PNL  P       07:33:36.30   2.6   67.5  33 b:4.2+1 1.1 5.4                   PNL 
 KBS  P       07:33:43.91   3.0   68.7 349 b:1.7+1 1.0 5.0                   KBS 
 GNI  P       07:33:49.46   2.5   69.5 305 b:6.0+1 1.1 5.5                   GNI 
 DLBC P       07:34:04.44   0.2   72.4  33                                   DLBC
 MALT P       07:34:20.44   2.2   74.7 305 b:3.8+1 1.0 5.3                   MALT
 BR131P       07:34:35.52   1.1   77.6 308 b:1.1+1 .83 4.9                   BR13
 SUW  P       07:34:35.78   2.0   77.6 325 b:3.5+1 .55 5.6                   SUW 
 NEW  P       07:35:08.50  -0.4   84.1  38 b:1.2+1 1.2 4.9                   NEW 
 JTMT P       07:35:18.28  -0.1   86.0  37 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.9                   JTMT
 CHMT P       07:35:23.31  -0.4   87.0  38 b:3.1+0 1.0 4.5                   CHMT
 HRY  P       07:35:27.84   0.0   87.9  37 b:6.6+0 .62 5.1                   HRY 
 LRM  P       07:35:28.96  -0.1   88.1  38 b:7.7+1 1.2 5.8                   LRM 



 Generated 2009 APR 20 at 07:38 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver


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